Connector



' G. H. GYIARCELON.

CONNECTOR. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3. 191 7.

1,379,681, 1 Patented May 31,1921.

INVENTOR 25 adapted to extend through the slot in the which the following is a specification.

To aZZwhom it may concern:

Y V UNITED STATES GEORGE E GARCELON, OF SWISSVALE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO WESTING- PATENT OFFICE-A HCJUSE ELECTRIC & MANUFACTUR 'INGiCQMPANY, A CORPORATION'.OF PENN- SYLVANIA.

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. GARCELON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Swissvale, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Connectors, of

My invention relates to connectors. and particularly to connectors or terminal meinbers of the solderless type.

One-"object of my invention'is to provide a connector that shall .have means for so intimately connecting conductors that the necessity of soldering the connection is precluded.

Another object of my invention is to pro-- vide a connector of the above indicated character that shall be simple and effective in operation and economical to manufacture;

In practisingmy invention, I-provide an internal screw-threaded member having an opening at the ends and a slot or opening extending along one side thereof near one of its ends. Theconductors that are to be secured together are inserted in one end and side. A screw-threaded member is adapted to be. received in theother endof the internally screw-threaded member for-the pure poseof clamping the conductors into inti- I mate engagement.

.Inthe accompanying drawings, 1 1

1 is a view, partially in section and partially in elevation, of a connector embodying my invention-and Fig. 2 is an end view, partially in section and partially in elevation, of the connector shown in Fig. 1. 1

The connector 1 comprises an internally screw-threaded cylindrical member 2 having openings 3 and 4 in its respective ends and a longitudinal opening or slot 5 at one-side .thereof adjacent 'to the end 4; The slot 5 is longer at its outer edge than at its, inner edge to provide a sloping shoulder 10, at its inner end, having arelatively sharpedge portion 11 against which ends 8 of conductors 6 and 7, that are adapted to be received 1 in the end 3 of the member 2, are so bent as to extend through the slot 5. The ends 8 are. bent away from the approach or clamping end of ascrew-threaded member 9 disposed in the opening 4.01? the member 2 to efiect a sharp-biting engagement between the conductors and the connector.

The arrangement provides a simple. and

V Specification bf Letters Patent.

CONNECTOR.

PatentedMa; 31, 1921 Application filed February 3, 1917. Serial No.146,475.

eii'ective device that so intimately clamps the conductors together as to eliminate the use of solder. j v While I have shownonly one form of my invention, it will be understood that it may be used equally well as a'terminal member therein without departing from the irit and scope of the invention as set fort a position adjacent the inner end of the slot opening for the reception and that various modifications may bemade and having asharp-edged sloping shoulder constituting the inner end of the slot and engaging said conductors, and, a screwthreaded member f coeperating with the threads of said first member; to jam said conductors together against the sharp edge of said shoulder.

2. A connector comprlsing a member having a longitudinal opening for the reception through one end of a flexible conductor and a longitudinal side slot extending from the other end thereof to a position ihtermediate theends of said opening, said member being interiorly threaded in said'openingfrom' the slotted end thereof to a position adjacent to the inner end ofthe slot and having a sloping shoulder constituting the inner end of the slot and engaging said conductor, said 9 slot being longer at its outer edge than at its inner edge, and a screw-threaded member cooperating with the threads of said first member to jam said conductor against said slop- I ing shoulder.

8. A connector comprising an interiorl'y threaded member having a slot extending from one end to an intermediate portion thereof and a sloping shoulder constituting the inner end of the slot, said slot being longer at its outer edge than at its inner edge, and a second threaded member extending into said first threaded member from the slotted end of the latter to clamp aconductor against said sloping shoulder.

4:. A connector comprising a hollow member having a slot extending from one end totic an intermediate portion thereof and a sloping snioulder constituting the inner end of the slot, said slot being longer at its outer edge than at its inner edge, and a member movable in a hollow member to clamp a conduotor against said sloping shoulder.

connector comprising a hollow member ving a slot in a Wall thereof and a sloping" shoulder constituting one end of the slot, said slot being longer at its outer edge than at its inner edge, and a member movable in the hollow member to clamp a conductor against said sloping shoulder.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 30th day of January, 1917.

11'. G- LRGTILON 

